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14. All vegetable and animal refuse should be burned, and not thrown into the ashpits or
dustbins.
15. All defective house drains and sinks through which offensive smells are let into the
house should be immediately seen to. All soil pipes should bo ventilated.
16. Uncleanly premises should be thoroughly and constantly limewashed, especially if
occupied by many persons.
17. Ventilate the house by open windows and open doors from cellars to roofs. Pure air
is the greatest disinfectant.
18. Disinfection should be freely and frequently employed in, round, and about the house,
wherever there are receptacles or conduits for filth, and wherever there is filth,
sodden earth, or anything tending to make the atmosphere foul.
It cannot be too distinctly understood that the dangerous qualities of impure water are
not obviated by the addition of Wine or Spirits.
The duty of immediately observing the above precautions is incumbent on every person
at the present time, and these precautions should not be neglected.
The existence of any nuisance should be immediately reported to the Medical Officer
of Health at the Vestry Hall, Upper Street, N.
Do Not Neglect Diarrhœa as it is the premonitory symptom of Cholera.
Disinfectants can be obtained at nearly all Chemists; or at the Vestry Hall.
ALFRED E. HARRIS, Medical Officer of Health.
CHOLERA AMBULANCES.
The Ambulance Stations, which had been decided on in August,
1892, at which hand Ambulances should be kept, were fixed on after
consulation with an official of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
These Stations were—
The Workhouse, St. John's Road.
The Great Northern Hospital.
Police Station, Hornsey Road.
„ „ Caledonian Road.
Vestry Hall, Upper Street.
London Fever Hospital.*
I have to acknowledge the receipt of a large number of intimations
from the various Port Sanitary Authorities throughout the country, of
* Beds were also arranged for, as in the preceding year, at the following Institutions,
Great Northern Hospital, Islington Workhouse, Cornwallis Road, London Fever Hospital,
and German Hospital.